The
value of the data in your business system is directly related to
your ability to get to it. Your standard reporting needs are well
addressed with reports provided within the SouthWare Excellence
Series. But what about those special reports for your unique needs?

With
SouthWares ReportMate youve got the answer to your custom reporting
needs. You can access the data in any major file in your SouthWare
Excellence Series business system and produce a report or a reporting
file. Its very simple to use so you dont have to be a programmer
- youll be creating reports in minutes. And you can lay out the
data on the report the way you want to see it!

With
ReportMate, you can:

Create
a report that shows information the way you want to see it

Combine
information from several files on one report

Know
which files can be combined with any particular file

Perform
calculations on your data

Show
special reporting statistics such as record counts, averages,
and running totals

Select
the records to appear on a report using several flexible criteria

Create
special files from your business data for use with spreadsheets,
word processors, and other software products

Put
your customized reports on the menu to give them the same appearance
as the standard system reports

Make
sure data on sensitive reports is available only to authorized
persons

Key
Features of ReportMate

Pre-Defined
Data Dictionary
 Files/Fields are easy to find and reference
 Relationships between files are already set up - the hard part
is done for you Range of Records Options
 Up to 5 selection ranges per report
 Each range may be defined at runtime

Other
Selection Criteria Options
 Up to 5 special selection criteria per record
 Up to 5 selection criteria per field
 Test a field to be Less Than, Greater Than, Equal To, Not Equal
To, Greater Than or Equal To, Less Than or Equal To, or Match on
Masking Characters
 Record tests may be required or optional and changed at runtime

Output
Options
 As a report to printer, screen, or file
 As HTML file or table to a browser
 As a DIF, Delimited, or merge file
 As XML data
 As Fixed-position or Fixed-Length text
 As a file to use with ImportMate
 As ExecuMate II statistics

Defining
a Report Layout
 WYSIWYG entry lets you see and edit what the report will look
like
 Up to 264 columns per line
 Up to 10 lines per record
 Heading and spacing controls
 Default column headers (up to 5 lines)
 Easy lookup of files and fields
 Allows runtime options for dates and other constants used in calculations

Special
Features
 Specify variable time periods for reporting from Excellence Period
History
 Special comment lines let you give instructions to anyone running
a report
 Totals Only option
 Option to add ReportMate reports to menu

Simple
uses for ReportMate include:

 Producing
a special sales analysis report
 Listing customers who meet a special set of criteria
 Searching for a particular transaction by writing a report to
print all transactions for a certain amount
 Creating a WordPerfect merge file for a mailing to selected vendors
 Creating a DIF file with General Ledger amounts for use in a spreadsheet
 Listing SalesMark prospects who live in a certain state or zip
code
 Creating a file of data to be changed so that you may use ImportMate
to change the data as you import it
 Creating reports that include special Extended Data fields that
you have added
 Creating special statistics in ExecuMate II for analysis and graphs
 Creating special customized mailing labels for an employee mailing
 Creating a report of the average sales per period for each product
you sell